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A note on hermite-fejér interpolation for the unit circle
AbstractIn this note, an extension to the unit circle of the classical Hermite-Fejér Theorem is given
Travel time stability in weakly range-dependent sound channels
Travel time stability is investigated in environments consisting of a
range-independent background sound-speed profile on which a highly structured
range-dependent perturbation is superimposed. The stability of both
unconstrained and constrained (eigenray) travel times are considered. Both
general theoretical arguments and analytical estimates of time spreads suggest
that travel time stability is largely controlled by a property of the background sound speed profile. Here, is
the range of a ray double loop and is the ray action variable. Numerical
results for both volume scattering by internal waves in deep ocean environments
and rough surface scattering in upward refracting environments are shown to
confirm the expectation that travel time stability is largely controlled by
.Comment: Submitted to J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 30 June 200
Decoupled and unidirectional asymptotic models for the propagation of internal waves
We study the relevance of various scalar equations, such as inviscid
Burgers', Korteweg-de Vries (KdV), extended KdV, and higher order equations (of
Camassa-Holm type), as asymptotic models for the propagation of internal waves
in a two-fluid system. These scalar evolution equations may be justified with
two approaches. The first method consists in approximating the flow with two
decoupled, counterpropagating waves, each one satisfying such an equation. One
also recovers homologous equations when focusing on a given direction of
propagation, and seeking unidirectional approximate solutions. This second
justification is more restrictive as for the admissible initial data, but
yields greater accuracy. Additionally, we present several new coupled
asymptotic models: a Green-Naghdi type model, its simplified version in the
so-called Camassa-Holm regime, and a weakly decoupled model. All of the models
are rigorously justified in the sense of consistency
EXCITATION of COUPLED STELLAR MOTIONS in the GALACTIC DISK by ORBITING SATELLITES
We use a set of high-resolution N-body simulations of the Galactic disk to study its interactions with the population of cosmologically predicted satellites. One simulation illustrates that multiple passages of massive satellites with different velocities through the disk generate a wobble, which has the appearance of rings in face-on projections of the stellar disk. They also produce flares in the outer disk parts and gradually heat the disk through bending waves. A different numerical experiment shows that an individual satellite as massive as the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy passing through the disk will drive coupled horizontal and vertical oscillations of stars in underdense regions with small associated heating. This experiment shows that vertical excursions of stars in these low-density regions can exceed 1 kpc in the Solar neighborhood, resembling the recently locally detected coherent vertical oscillations. They can also induce non-zero vertical streaming motions as large as 10-20 km s-1, which is consistent with recent observations in the Galactic disk. This phenomenon appears as a local ring with modest associated disk heating. © 2016. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved
On global models for isolated rotating axisymmetric charged bodies; uniqueness of the exterior field
A relatively recent study by Mars and Senovilla provided us with a uniqueness
result for the exterior vacuum gravitational field generated by an isolated
distribution of matter in axial rotation in equilibrium in General Relativity.
The generalisation to exterior electrovacuum gravitational fields, to include
charged rotating objects, is presented here.Comment: LaTeX, 21 pages, uses iopart styl
Transition paths of marine debris and the stability of the garbage patches
We used transition path theory (TPT) to infer "reactive" pathways of floating
marine debris trajectories. The TPT analysis was applied on a pollution-aware
time-homogeneous Markov chain model constructed from trajectories produced by
satellite-tracked undrogued buoys from the NOAA Global Drifter Program. The
latter involved coping with the openness of the system in physical space, which
further required an adaptation of the standard TPT setting. Directly connecting
pollution sources along coastlines with garbage patches of varied strengths,
the unveiled reactive pollution routes represent alternative targets for ocean
cleanup efforts. Among our specific findings we highlight: constraining a
highly probable pollution source for the Great Pacific Garbage Patch;
characterizing the weakness of the Indian Ocean gyre as a trap for plastic
waste; and unveiling a tendency of the subtropical gyres to export garbage
toward the coastlines rather than to other gyres in the event of anomalously
intense winds.Comment: Submitted to Chao
Applicability of SERVQUAL in restaurants: an exploratory study in a Portuguese resort
SERVQUAL is the most popular instrument to ascertain service quality. However, some debate exists about its ability to characterize different service environments. Furthermore, there is not a consensus about the inclusion of customer expectations in the model. The research presented in this paper intends to discuss the applicability of SERVQUAL to restaurant services and to analyze the inclusion of customer expectations in such environment. The research was developed in a Portuguese resort and more than 300 customers, from two different restaurants, were invited to participate in the study
Tourist spaces and tourism policy in Spain and Portugal
Advances in Cultura, Tourism and Hospitality Research;10, 235-249This study analyses the relationship between the development of the tourism policy of Spain and Portugal and their effects on regional imbalances. Despite the proximity of the two countries and their specialisation in tourism, there are few comparative studies on tourism of the two Iberian countries. The study focuses on the two major phases of tourism policy: the period of mass tourism and post-Fordist stage. In the conclusions we refer the debate on the existence of a model of development based on tourism to the Latin countries of Southern Europe and we note the export process of the Spanish low-cost tourism model to other countries.Financiado por el Gobierno de España, Programa Fundamental de InvestigaciĂłn, Proyecto de I+D (CSO2012-30840) "GeografĂas de la crisis: análisis de los territorios urbanos y turĂsticos de las Islas Baleares, Costa del Sol y principales destinos del Caribe y AmĂ©rica Central"
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